How Mahomes’ Chiefs Beat Hurts’ Eagles in Super Bowl 2023
Bill Barnwell, writing for ESPN:
One good way to measure offensive dominance is down set
conversion rate, which looks at every time a team took the ball
on first down and sees whether it turned that series into a first
down or a touchdown. The Chiefs converted 93.8% of their first
downs into another first down or a touchdown in the second half,
and the only reason they didn’t hit 100% is because Jerick
McKinnon slid down on the 1-yard line to set up the
title-winning field goal. ESPN has data going back through 2000,
and no team has ever done that in the second half of a Super
Bowl before. Just three teams have done it in the second
half of any playoff game.
There’s a lot to get to with this Super Bowl, but let’s start
there. How did the Chiefs pull off a flawless second half on
offense? After watching this game live and again a second time,
there are a few things that stood out.
Fantastic recap/breakdown of yesterday’s game. Long story short: the Chiefs spooked the Eagles with motion that convinced the Eagles to commit to busting up would-be jet sweeps, and instead threw the ball to players in now-uncovered zones. The Chiefs were literally perfect in the second half and needed to be to win the game.
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Bill Barnwell, writing for ESPN:
One good way to measure offensive dominance is down set
conversion rate, which looks at every time a team took the ball
on first down and sees whether it turned that series into a first
down or a touchdown. The Chiefs converted 93.8% of their first
downs into another first down or a touchdown in the second half,
and the only reason they didn’t hit 100% is because Jerick
McKinnon slid down on the 1-yard line to set up the
title-winning field goal. ESPN has data going back through 2000,
and no team has ever done that in the second half of a Super
Bowl before. Just three teams have done it in the second
half of any playoff game.
There’s a lot to get to with this Super Bowl, but let’s start
there. How did the Chiefs pull off a flawless second half on
offense? After watching this game live and again a second time,
there are a few things that stood out.
Fantastic recap/breakdown of yesterday’s game. Long story short: the Chiefs spooked the Eagles with motion that convinced the Eagles to commit to busting up would-be jet sweeps, and instead threw the ball to players in now-uncovered zones. The Chiefs were literally perfect in the second half and needed to be to win the game.